Provision-binder.



No. 671299. 'Patented lune 2`5, mol.

H. wan. & s. scnwelsnemen.

' Pnovlslon BINDER.

(Applxcation led Apr. 6, 1901.) (N o I u d el.)

W/ TNE SSE S llnrrnn STATES HENRY lVElL AND SAMUEL SCHWEISHEIMER, OE NEWYORK, N. Y.

PROVlSl0N-BlNDER SPECIFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No.677,299, dated June 25, 1901,

Application iiled April 6, 1901. Serial No. 54,547. CNO model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that we, HENRY WEIL and SAM- UnL Sonwnisnnrtrnn, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of the city of New York, borough ofManhattan, in Jthe county and State of New York, have invented a new andImproved Provision-Binder, of which the following is a full, clear, andeXact description.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for holdingprovisions, such as boned ham or other meats, while cooking, the objectbeing to provide a device for this purpose of simple construction thatmay be quickly applied and fastened around the meat or other food andwith which the use of the usual binding-strings is obviated.

XVe will describe a provision-binder embodying our invention, and thenpoint out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part ofthis speciiication, in which the ligure is a perspective view of aprovision-binder embodying our invention.

The binder consists of a skeleton frame of wire, here shown aslongitudinal wires l and circumferentially-disposed wires 2, connectedto the longitudinal wires. The device may be made tapered, as shown; butit may be made cylindrical or rectangular, or have the general shape ofa ham. At one side the device is open throughout its length, and theends of the wires 2 are provided with eyes 3 for a lacing 4. At the sideopposite the lacing a single wire is formed in two lengths, and theupper portion of this single length of wire is carried beyond the end ofthe binder and slightly turned over toward the lacing, as shown at 5,and the lower ends of a single length of wire are carried below thelower end of the binder and twisted together, as at 6.

The device is preferably made in two sections arranged to sliderelatively to each other, so that it may be adjusted to the length ofthe material within it. For this purpose the adjacent ends of thelongitudinal wires are provided with eyes 7, the eye of one wirereceiving the other wire, and to adjust the circumference of the devicethe wires 2 are provided with extra lacing-eyes 8.

While we have described this device as particularly adapted for thebinding of boned ham or meats, it is obvious that it may be used forholding or binding other foods, such as puddings or the like.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl. A provision-binder, consisting of askele#nton frame formed of a series of longitudinal wires, a series ofcircuinferentially-disposed wires attached to the first-named wires, thecircnmferentially-disposed wires being separated at one side, the endsof said wires being provided with eyes and a lacing for engaging theeyes, substantially as specified.

2. A provision-bii'ider, consisting of a skeleton frame, comprising thelongitudinally-disposed wires, the circurnferentially-disposed wiresconnected to the first-named wires, the said circuniferentially-disposedwires being provided with eyes at their ends, and a lacing, one of thelongitudinally-disposed wires being extended beyond the ends of thebinder and turned slightly toward the lacing side,

"substantially as specified.

HENRY WEIL. SAMUEL SCHWEISHEIMER.

Vitnesses:

MARCUS LANDAU, D. S. GorrEsMAN.

